Aksu Prefecture
Aksu Prefecture
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Outside of Aksu City with Tian Shan range in the background | |
Aksu Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange) | |
| Coordinates (Aksu City government): 41°11′N 80°17′E / 41.18°N 80.29°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| County-level divisions | 8 |
| Seat | Aksu City |
| Area | |
| 127,817 km2 (49,350 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 14,415 km2 (5,566 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,519 m (4,984 ft) |
| Population (2020 Census) | |
| 2,714,422 | |
| • Density | 21.2368/km2 (55.0030/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture | CN¥ 156.4 billion US$ 24.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 56,892 US$ 8,820 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 843000 |
| Area code | 997 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-XJ-29 |
| License Plate | 新N |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 阿克苏地区 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 阿克蘇地區 | ||||||||||||||
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| Uyghur | ئاقسۇ ۋىلايىتى | ||||||||||||||
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Aksu Prefecture is located in west-central Xinjiang, China. It has an area of 131,161 km2 (50,642 sq mi) and 2.714 million inhabitants at the 2020 census whom 715,319 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Aksu urban district. The name Aksu is Turkic for 'white water'. Aksu Prefecture has a 263.8 km (163.9 mi) long international boundary with Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.